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Purification and Characterization of an Aspergillus Oryzae-Produced Carboxylesterase That Catalyzes O-deacetylation of a Fully Acetylated O-glucoside of N-phenylacetohydroxamic Acid

Purification and Characterization of an Aspergillus Oryzae-Produced Carboxylesterase That Catalyzes O-deacetylation of a Fully Acetylated O-glucoside of N-phenylacetohydroxamic Acid

T Yoshioka, H Ohno, T Uematsu

Eur J Biochem. 1997 Aug 15;248(1):58-62.

PMID: 9310360

Abstract:

A carboxylesterase [2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-1-[(N-acetyl-N-phenylamino)oxy]-1-deoxy-beta-D-g lucopyranoside (GPA) O-deacetylase] from a culture product of Aspergillus oryzae (Taka diastase) was purified 8500-fold with a yield of 3%. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was shown to be 35 +/- 1 kDa by SDS/PAGE. The enzyme shows a selective O-deacetylation activity of GPA to give the fully O-deacetylated glucoside. Among the substrates tested, the enzyme did not hydrolyze benzoyl and phenylacetyl esters and acetamides. In the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters, the acyl preference is acetyl > propionyl > butyryl, judging from the Vmax/Km values. A good correlation between log(Vmax/Km) and the Taft's Es constant of the alkyl group of the acyl moiety was obtained. The optimum pH was around 7.3 at 37 degrees C, and the enzyme was inhibited by mercuric chloride, p-chloromercuribenzoate and diisopropyl fluorophosphate. This enzyme should be useful for the selective removal of acetyl groups that serve to protect hydroxyl groups during carbohydrate synthesis.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP9001198-A	Taka-Diastase from Aspergillus oryzae		9001-19-8	Price

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